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Checking in with my banded peeps. (The best kind of peeps!) Eldest daughter is home for Easter and I'm a happy mom. Youngest daughter is traveling on her break and in Amsterdam today. I want the life my kids have! Family, friends and food this weekend. Committing to moderation in all things. I had a tiny fill this week and got a great pep talk from my NP. A blessed Passover and Easter to you all.

Well worth binge watching. I missed the first two seasons myself and caught up last year.

Lisa, I know a while back you had an unfill due to complications. Did you get refills back to the level you were at before? By the way, glad you're back and feeling better!

Red wine and popcorn. Unfortunately, on it I gained five pounds. DAMN! ???? ????

Hope it gets resolved @bacon. I had rice last night which was the only poor choice of the day. But I'm happy to say I stopped and packed half of it to go home. Today I should be able to walk at lunch and do my stairs. Planning high Protein of egg and cheese and seafood.

I burp a little during the barium swallow while getting my fills. But I don't seem to burp or hiccup afterward. However, both a burp and a hiccup can be soft stop signals for me while eating.

Goodwill all the way.

Busy at work and it's raining so no outdoor walking today. I'm doing my stairs though. On liquids until 6pm from yesterday's fill. Glad to see you all here. Happy my daughter is in town.

Love me some Weird Al!

I am so sorry. I know the pain of losing a father suddenly. I was 33 when my dad died and I felt like a little child when it happened, even though I had to be a strong adult for my mom. I don't have any advice for you except that reaching out here was very very smart. Not isolating in grief. Keep posting. Keep taking care of you.

I told five people. I told a few more later on. You can't untell.

I'm so happy for you! It's wonderful !

Just check the box marked "hottie"!

@@s_suther, thanks for your post. Praying for your grandmother. And your stitches too. I'm in great head space today. I threw away three bottles of balsamic vinegar and a bag of croutons last night. If it's not in the cupboard I won't eat it. Since I had a fill, I'm on liquids for 48 hours. So today I started with a Protein shake. For lunch I will walk to Subway and have soup and walk back. That's my 2.25 miles. Thanks for reminding me to start my stairs. Plan on 24 flights today. dinner will be soup again. My daughter comes home for Easter break tonight. Last night I tackled reading the flash drive. I was aggravated at his lies and refusal to provide information. But one step at a time. I have busy work to do to update my own financial figures for the previous 7 months so that's next. I refuse to let my circumstances derail my goals and dreams. I'm gonna get to goal weight. Update: NSETBEx just texted both daughters telling them he and I are getting back together. His idea of a funny April Fool joke. Un. Frickin. Believable. Don't ever marry a narcissist.

My NP is a doll. She always makes me feel better. I gained four pounds since I saw her last. We evaluated my eating, and the big kale salads every night are now a thing of the past. The croutons soaked in oil and balsamic vinegar by the giant bowlful are doing me in. I'm tossing out the remaining salad fixins tonight. I had another tiny fill. 0.10 bringing me to 7.80 in my 14cc band. Seven fills so far. I was able to swallow my Tylenol caplets and the barium went through slower but smoothly. We set a mini goal for me of 180 pounds by June 30. That's twenty. I can do it. My flights of stairs and lunchtime walks are excellent and will continue. Meals will go back to solid Protein first, chewed well, and then solid vegetables if the protein is finished and I still want them. No salads since I was using them as sliders and volume meals. The nuts and seeds I was snacking on at work have to go as well (my idea) because I did much better without snacking between meals. I asked why my hunger returned at three hours after months of being satisfied for four or more hours. She said we underestimate the effect stress has on organ swelling and making the band feel tighter. My stress was acute and new before, and now I'm getting used to this level of stress in my life. In a weird way my body is relaxing and the level of tightness isn't there as much for my band. It sounds weird and I still feel stressed, but my blood pressure was the lowest it's been in months. So who knows. Anyway, I'll be saving the wine for special occasions too. I have a plan. I can do this. And now I'm going to plug in that flash drive and deal with the divorce crapola I've been putting off for days. I am woman. Hear me roar!!

Another flat ass here. I even get sore at the movies. #skinnypeopleproblems

Great ! You're on your way! Congratulations !

@@VSGAnn2014, that's the second cancer-free news I heard today (my friend just had thyroid surgery) and it's wonderful !!!

s_suther, your list inspires me. I'm having a hard day today. I'm depressed and feeling like a failure. I know I'm not a failure but the feelings are so strong today. I'm sure it has something to do with the flash drive from my lawyer that contains the NSETBEx's discovery on it. I went away for the weekend and postponed looking at it and can't postpone anymore. The divorce is just depressing the crap out of me. I have a fill appointment this afternoon. I don't need or want a fill. When I eat correctly I'm plenty tight. I even got stuck a little this last weekend on chicken and steak. But I've been eating foods that don't lead to weight loss and drinking wine. And my weight keeps bouncing just under 200 pounds. My NP is marvelous and I know after I see her today I will feel better. But I'm mad that I weigh the same or a pound or two more than my last visit with her a month ago. Unfortunately the NUT is at a different location. I feel like I need a kick in the ass and I so wanted to be at goal weight by summer. I suppose I could phone the NUT. I never have before but she always said we could call. I'm overwhelmed with the thought of finding a house. I started going to open houses but right now I think I'd better shelve that because it's stressing me out. It's not like the divorce is even close to being settled. I know this post is a downer but it's where I am today. My walk at lunch can't happen because I'm leaving early for the doctor appointment. I ate my cheese and beef and nuts at my desk and I'm walking my stairs. I barely got half a hard boiled egg down this morning. This is just one of those days that SUCKS.

Congratulations !! This is what it's all about!!!

Hello my peeps. I was visiting my daughter at college with a girlfriend this weekend. Walked my butt off. Ate all the wrong foods and had plenty of wine. Put back the three pounds I lost last week. Tomorrow I have a fill appointment but I won't be getting a fill. I'm tight enough. I just need to eat the right foods. I've gotten into the bad habit of drinking with my meal in restaurants when I'm having cocktails. That has to stop. I was off work today but will be back tomorrow and plan to resume my hour of walking at lunch and my 24 flights of stairs. Back to solid Protein and salad. Boring but reliable.

Thank you both. Sometimes it just gets to the boiling over point. When that happens I'm glad I have kindred souls here who get it!

Wow! Amazing and inspiring!